About us

GROUP 2 GALLERY was founded in April 1990 by Jeannine LENAERTS, born in Ostend, the city of Ensor, Spilliaert, Permeke, De Clerck and many other fine artists. With her legendary enthousiasm and high spirits she embarked upon an ambitious project of organizing personal and thematic exhibitions of her favourite XXth century artists, mainly - but not exclusively – from Belgium.

​More than 25 years later, Jeannine Lenaerts is still running the Gallery together with her 3 sons Vital, Philip and Serge.

The Gallery

In 2015 Group 2 Gallery celebrated its 25th anniversary with a major show highlighting works of its favourite artists. The Gallery is located at 8 rue Blanche in the fashionable uptown avenue Louise area in Brussels, only a few steps away from its head office GROUP 2 VANHEVEL, a well known total art and interior design company with a spacious showroom at 119 avenue Louise, where visitors can admire high class design furniture and genuine tribal art (masks and sculptures) in dialogue with a fine selection of modern paintings and sculptures. Since 1990 Group 2 Gallery has promoted 20th century paintings, sculptures and works on paper.Through in depth research and expertise based on more than 150 one-man shows, thematic and group exhibitions, often of museum quality, the gallery has gained the trust of collectors and leading figures of the belgian art scene. They share our private passion and appreciate our selective eye for fine artworks. Thanks to the rich cultural resources which Brussels offers as capital of Belgium and of Europe, the gallery has access to a large network of art lovers and is able to present visitors a selection of exceptionally fine works of art.We will continue to focus on art that puts the aesthetic criterion, the imagination and the creative power first and will remain true to our basic belief that « part of the art of living is living with art ».

Artists

GROUP 2 GALLERY focuses mainly on XXth century Belgian art, mostly from the postwar period.Works by a large number of artists from ﻿﻿﻿Alechinsky﻿﻿﻿ to Zaloznaya are available at the gallery. Enquiries about the availability of artworks by specific artists can be made by mail.

SuzanneVan Damme

Painted a portrait of James Ensor in his Ostend home in 1925. Ensor made a double portrait of Van Damme and himself in 1938. Participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition at Galerie Maeght in 1947.